Cozumel News November 30th, 2015: Cozumel Hosts Career Fair for High School Students, Cozumel’s Recycling Waste for Food Program, Cozumel to Celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cozumel’s Campaign on Detection of Cataract and Pterygium a Success, Cozumel Ironman 2015 Results, Cozumel Calendar of Events, and in Aurita´s Corner Cozumel Giving this Holiday Season.
Cozumel Hosts Career Fair for High School Students
In order to guide students who will graduate this year from Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico Industrial y de Servicios (CBTIS) 28, the Fifth “Career Fair 2015”, was held in Cozumel last week. On hand to present their educational offerings were public and private universities, technology institutes and the armed forces.
Cozumel’s Recycling Waste for Food Program
Beneficiaries of the weekly program “Recycling Waste for Food” thanked State Governor Roberto Borge Angulo and Mayor, Freddy Marrufo Martin for their support at a gathering on November 27th in the sports complex “Addy Joaquín Coldwell.”
The program allows citizens to exchange discarded cardboard and aluminum, for foodstuffs such as rice, beans, lentils, tuna, sardines and crackers, as well as hygiene products such as paper, aluminum, detergents, bleach, fabric softeners fabrics, wipes and diapers, among other things.
Cozumel’s Campaign on Detection of Cataract and Pterygium a Success
The Director of the Eye Clinic and President of the Foundation “Da un poco de luz “(Give a little light), Joaquín Lozano Guash, presented certificates of appreciations to Mayor Freddy Marrufo Martin and the President of DIF, Mrs. Gina Ruiz de Marrufo for their efforts to bring the eye care campaign to Cozumel.
Joaquín Lozano Guash said that thanks to the support that the Municipal Government and the DIF Cozumel system have given him he has been able to come to the island on several occasions to conduct campaigns Detection of Cataract and Pterygium. The campaign served approximately 800 people on the island of which about 500 received operations.
As part of this appreciation, Lozano Guasch donated three free surgeries. Waldemar Avilés Avíles, José Concepción Kuk y Mukul and Víctor Huchim Cardoso, will travel to the eye clinic to be surgically treated free of charge.
Cozumel to Celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe
Cozumel will celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe Holiday on December 12th. However, you will see processions in honor of Our lady of |Guadalupe starting next Tuesday, December 1st. Mexico and Central America celebrate this holiday in honor of Dia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe). Our Lady of Guadalupe is a tradition that started in the 1600’s.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is also known as the Virgin Mary and is the most popular religious and cultural image in Mexico with titles such as “Queen of Mexico”, “Empress of the Americas” and the “Patroness of the Americas”. “Guadalupe Day” is the most important religious holiday for many, as it honors the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.
In Cozumel, as in all of Mexico, you will see processions on their way to Church to pray from every colony in the island. It is a beautiful sight to behold. Many pin Milagros or “miracles” and paper or real roses near the statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe to pay homage. These Milagros are small silver or tin objects in the shape of hearts, arms or legs that symbolize the givers’ thanks for the cure of those articles. Festivals include eating along with praying. Mexican television will broadcast the event that takes place in the Basilica of Guadalupe live. Thousands of people travel from all over Mexico to attend the beautiful Service.
How It Started: On the morning of December 9, 1531, Juan Diego, a simple peasant, saw a vision of a young woman in the early morning while walking home on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City, Mexico. The young woman was surrounded by light and told Diego that she wanted a church built in her honor at that site. Diego recognized that she was the Virgin Mary. When he told a bishop of his vision the bishop asked Diego to return to the Lady and ask her to show a miraculous sign for proof. Diego returned to the Lady and she told him to gather flowers from the hill. It was winter and the flowers had not bloomed. Yet, that day Diego found flowers of every sort. Upon returning, the Virgin fashioned the flowers into a peasant cloak. Three days later the when Diego opened the cloak for the bishop the flowers fell to the floor and an imprint of the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe showed miraculously on Diego’s cloak. Today the cloak is displayed in the Basilica of Guadalupe.
Cozumel Ironman 2015 a Success
1,586 athletes came to our island paradise to complete in Ironman Cozumel 2015 held yesterday, November 29th. The triathlon brought athletes from all over the world to complete in the swim, bike, and run competition. State Governor Roberto Borge Angulo, the head of the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE), Alfredo Castillo Cervantes and Mayor, Freddy Marrufo Martin handed the medals to the top three winners. Here is a listing of the top 102 winners. Full details and all the top winners are listed on the ironman official site: http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/cozumel/results.aspx#axzz3symFYGaS
NAME Country # SWIM BIKE RUN FINISH
Schmid, Stefan GER 1 00:47:02 04:26:55 02:53:44 08:12:27
Russell, Matt USA 2 00:49:41 04:32:17 02:47:49 08:14:10
Weiss, Michael AUS 3 00:49:40 04:29:41 03:00:13 08:24:24
Brandon, Barrett USA 4 00:43:18 04:44:16 03:02:47 08:35:11
Tejada, Raul GUA 5 00:48:56 04:50:39 02:56:12 08:39:14
McDonald, Chris AUS 6 00:49:45 04:50:31 03:04:08 08:48:30
Shearon, Jonathan USA 7 00:49:42 04:42:24 03:14:25 08:51:21
Lyatskiy, Andrey RUS 8 00:46:51 05:04:34 03:02:23 08:58:47
Gajardo Sutherland, Alex CHL 9 00:54:19 05:03:43 02:58:59 09:01:51
Trujano, Alfredo MEX 10 00:58:14 04:53:41 03:06:06 09:02:36
Hanson, Matt USA 11 00:49:49 04:53:05 03:17:09 09:03:56
Butterfield, Tyler BER 12 00:43:59 04:58:58 03:13:40 09:05:35
Abraham, Corinne WEL 13 00:53:49 05:01:15 03:07:38 09:06:40
Valencia, Juan COL 14 00:48:13 05:07:55 03:07:15 09:08:11
Arroyo Bugallo, Victor ESP 15 00:54:32 05:13:16 02:58:59 09:11:41
Alfaro Arango,Fernando Antonio PAN 16 00:48:20 05:06:15 03:13:52 09:13:02
Cave, Leanda BRI 17 00:47:21 05:05:22 03:16:17 09:13:29
Pedersen, Camilla DAN 18 00:48:50 05:06:25 03:14:14 09:14:08
Hemet, Nicolas FRA 19 00:49:53 05:09:12 03:14:58 09:18:24
Boschian, Alejandro VEN 20 00:54:23 05:05:49 03:11:31 09:19:45
Salas, Eduardo MEX 21 00:54:13 05:12:11 03:10:23 09:21:45
Gonzalez, Oliver MEX 22 00:46:53 05:17:39 03:12:30 09:21:46
Wurtele, Heather CAN 23 00:48:58 05:04:08 03:23:58 09:21:52
Mohr, Robert USA 24 00:55:53 05:19:27 03:03:59 09:26:02
Lecompt, Cyril FRA 25 00:54:48 05:11:15 03:15:22 09:27:00
Muldoon, Martin IRL 26 00:57:04 05:12:50 03:11:57 09:28:24
Lidbury, Emma-Kate BRI 27 00:48:52 05:02:43 03:32:55 09:29:18
Lehrieder, Carolin GER 28 00:48:57 05:13:45 03:23:15 09:29:45
Olcina, Guillermo ESP 29 00:54:18 05:10:25 03:21:34 09:31:38
Pavoni, Ronan PAN 30 00:54:30 04:56:26 03:30:06 09:32:24
Ottosen, Karina DAN 31 00:53:47 05:13:33 03:21:22 09:33:06
Schmitt, Craig CAN 32 01:06:35 05:05:18 03:14:29 09:33:58
Spitler, Erin USA 33 01:01:33 05:11:26 03:19:14 09:35:46
Limousin, Frederic FRE 34 00:49:38 05:12:14 03:28:18 09:35:50
Arce Diaz, Pablo CRI 35 00:59:54 05:06:48 03:23:05 09:36:36
Kotland, Peter CZE 36 00:56:26 05:10:46 03:25:22 09:37:27
Debiasi, Cassio BRA 37 00:57:14 05:18:34 03:19:51 09:40:37
White, Ademar Amalfi ARG 38 01:01:26 05:18:12 03:18:14 09:42:54
Brown, Brooke CAN 39 00:56:49 05:19:40 03:21:18 09:43:34
Newman, Mark USA 40 00:50:15 05:32:31 03:13:45 09:43:53
Eduardo, Solis CRI 41 00:56:03 05:17:00 03:24:16 09:46:09
Caceres, Cristian ARG 42 00:52:44 05:15:00 03:32:19 09:46:31
Gutierrez, Andres CRI 43 00:58:26 05:20:49 03:20:40 09:46:43
Portman, Peter CHE 44 00:54:25 05:02:19 03:46:02 09:48:26
Guex, Stephane CHE 45 00:54:32 05:04:55 03:41:54 09:49:41
Arguello, Cristian CRI 46 01:00:38 05:32:03 03:09:38 09:49:44
McCormack, Walter USA 47 00:58:36 05:08:29 03:37:50 09:49:59
Gamba, Trevor USA 48 01:01:54 05:05:57 03:38:22 09:52:16
Salazar Santamaria, Cristian CRI 49 00:59:09 05:31:28 03:12:33 09:52:23
Ruff, Robert DEU 50 00:59:56 05:26:41 03:18:10 09:53:08
Rutherford, John USA 51 01:00:49 04:56:24 03:46:34 09:53:22
Paolillo, Mathieu FRA 52 00:52:35 05:09:55 03:45:39 09:53:54
Vazquez, Jorge MEX 53 00:49:42 05:10:13 03:49:16 09:54:45
Uteau, Michel CHL 54 00:54:10 05:15:37 03:37:12 09:54:52
Clain, Sebastien FRA 55 01:06:24 05:05:06 03:37:23 09:54:53
Ebner, Uwe AUT 56 00:54:19 05:20:15 03:34:59 09:57:41
Gregory, Caroline USA 57 00:52:13 05:33:53 03:27:24 09:57:51
Khalamanov, Alexander RUS 58 00:45:27 05:28:15 03:37:54 09:58:19
Mello, Leonardo BRA 59 00:50:19 05:21:02 03:42:25 09:58:53
Manalich, Felipe CHL 60 00:54:22 05:18:28 03:38:11 09:59:19
Curbeau, Matt UNI 61 00:49:47 05:26:19 03:38:27 10:00:01
Quezada Ruiz, Sergio MEX 62 00:48:56 05:10:28 03:56:03 10:00:30
Chong, Eduardo MEX 63 00:56:17 05:21:31 03:38:17 10:01:52
May, Tobias DEU 64 00:53:58 04:59:37 04:03:57 10:01:55
Kershner, Casey USA 65 01:04:26 05:26:12 03:25:02 10:02:17
Thomas, Chris USA 66 00:57:25 05:30:12 03:29:09 10:02:43
Thibodeau, Karen CAN 67 00:48:54 05:30:41 03:38:50 10:03:05
Varcasia, Jose ITA 68 01:00:32 05:15:18 03:40:32 10:03:05
Rybacek, Miroslav CZE 69 00:50:37 05:10:20 03:55:07 10:03:22
Mendonca, Santiago BRA 70 00:54:35 05:39:38 03:22:31 10:04:37
Maric, Bojan SRB 71 00:58:13 05:17:51 03:40:10 10:04:42
Jurjevic, Marina AUS 72 01:02:32 05:25:40 03:31:57 10:05:13
Rickman, Nathan USA 73 01:01:50 05:08:27 03:47:49 10:07:38
Rachetto, Liza USA 74 00:54:36 05:35:40 03:33:02 10:09:00
Armoa, Leandro ARG 75 01:05:30 05:16:43 03:42:51 10:09:28
Hamel, Mario CAN 76 01:03:20 05:09:16 03:50:46 10:11:11
Bachmann, Gery AUT 77 00:56:26 05:26:06 03:42:23 10:12:03
Seiz, Theodor AUT 78 01:02:21 05:16:16 03:47:25 10:12:42
Basso, Anne FRE 79 00:53:44 05:24:49 03:49:07 10:13:09
Ithurriague, Alejandro ARG 80 00:55:18 05:31:28 03:39:46 10:13:57
Terzi, Christophe FRA 81 00:54:53 05:21:10 03:49:26 10:14:14
Cabrera Ricabal, Jorge 82 00:57:01 05:16:30 03:56:44 10:15:18
Carlos, Juan MEX 83 01:03:48 05:37:12 03:29:17 10:15:33
Doronin, Victor RUS 84 01:02:25 05:44:25 03:24:15 10:18:19
Portugal, Elise PER 85 00:52:26 05:30:22 03:51:07 10:18:31
Posada Gomez, Sebastian COL 86 00:51:33 05:33:45 03:43:11 10:19:06
Buchli, Philipp CHE 87 01:14:13 0 5:24:36 03:34:14 10:19:22
Ceron Martinez, Francisco COL 88 01:01:19 05:32:57 03:34:07 10:20:12
Harburg, Michelle USA 89 00:58:25 05:36:50 03:33:03 10:20:43
Sainz Alvarez, Raul MEX 90 01:04:57 05:55:51 03:13:29 10:21:27
Devenport, Martin GBR 91 00:58:19 05:33:52 03:41:21 10:21:33
Testa, Pablo PAN 92 00:55:46 05:21:39 03:57:02 10:21:38
Khattar, Marcello BRA 93 01:10:15 05:36:33 03:27:12 10:21:55
Dezerega, Pierangela CHL 94 01:01:03 05:38:22 03:36:44 10:23:06
Beuerle, Michael DEU 95 01:07:31 05:29:55 03:38:55 10:24:00
Kelly, Benjamin USA 96 00:56:58 05:05:55 04:15:02 10:24:28
Kemelmajer, Simon Edgardo ARG 97 00:59:55 05:39:11 03:35:25 10:24:35
Manrique, Eduardo ARG 98 00:57:58 05:36:42 03:43:55 10:25:51
Aguilar Bustillos, Juan Manuel MEX 99 01:12:13 05:38:06 03:30:32 10:26:02
Ziemann, Marcus DEU 100 01:08:44 05:17:25 03:51:50 10:26:33
Vertiz, Tatiana MEX 101 00:54:18 05:37:16 03:47:45 10:26:49
Paige, Becky USA 102 00:54:24 05:48:25 03:38:59 10:27:55
Aurita´s Corner
Cozumel Giving This Holiday Season
In the last issue we reported on the Cozumel Kings Day Drive 2016, which covers Cozumel Las Fincas, Firefighters, & CAM School Wish List, and Cozumel Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II Wish List.
Our own English Language Church (held at Ebenezer on Sundays) provides food baskets for twenty two needy families at Christmas. These baskets contains Toothpaste, Soap bars, Tomato sauce, Pasta, Laundry soap, Clorox, Powder milk, 2 bags of beans, Bag of rice, 2 cans of tuna and a Bag of Cereal.
Fresh fruit and vegetables must be brought to the Church on December 25th since the church has no refrigeration. They also take cash donations for the food bank. Greg and Silvia are in charge of coordinating.
There are many giving opportunities out there. I help one family at a time. This year I have my home family 2 children 13 & 4, the Las Finca family 2 children 10 and 5, and I added another family with a newborn and a 2 year old. In addition I am distributing 113 wooden toy sets donated by Home Depot, along with some books and book bags donated by a friend. Since everyone is heading for Las Fincas, I am distributing to the needy in town. Remember that I am still hosting monthly garage sales and I am in need of donations. My family now has Novedades and papelería Mama Lilly as a means to eventually be self sufficient. It has office and school supplies, gifts, and much more! They also do copies, printing, laminating and binding, so please give them your business!
Papeleria & Novedades Mama Lilly
35 Avenida Entre Calle 17 y 15 Bis
Colonia Independencia
Email: Mapapeleria@outlook.com www.facebook.com/papeleriamamalilly/notifications/
987-120-5903 – 987-118-4453 U.S. – From U.S. 386-445-8702
Every little bit helps! Please find someone to help this holiday season, you will be blessed!
Cozumel Scuba Fest December 8th – 13th
Dia De La Virgen De Guadalupe Starts Dec. 1 – 12
Wed Feb 3, 2016 at 7:00pm to Tue Feb 9, 2016 at 11:50pm
